Job Summary:
The Head of Engineering will lead a cross-functional team and drive customer value by implementing the product roadmap.
This role requires a strong leader who can balance strategic oversight with hands-on technical guidance to deliver high-quality products.
About Us:
We are a modern company that offers innovative financial solutions to businesses. Our team is comprised of growth-minded individuals who combine the latest tech, marketing, finance, and data expertise to enable our partners to connect with their customers effectively.
* Key Responsibilities:
* Drive a culture of delivery ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
* Lead change across architecture, tools, and practices with empathy and focus.
* Provide hands-on leadership and mentorship to direct and indirect reports.
* Help transform, modernize, and scale our technology stack to position us as a leading financial services provider in the era of Agentic AI.
* Strengthen engineering governance with a focus on quality, documentation, testing, and reusable frameworks.
* Drive initiatives to improve code quality, maintainability, and system reliability using best practices and modern tooling.
* Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and creating a culture of accountability, learning, and technical ownership.
* Collaborate with senior leaders across the business to ensure technical strategies align with evolving business and product objectives.
* Represent Engineering in leadership forums, incident reviews, customer escalations, and vendor assessments.
* Work with senior leaders to define platform strategy and drive continuous innovation.
Requirements:
* Proven leadership capabilities with a strong foundation as a software engineer.
* A clear, confident communication style with the ability to influence, inspire, and navigate sensitive situations.
* Experience balancing long-term vision with fast-paced delivery, scaling teams, and levelling up managers.
* Bias for action, ownership mindset, and a love for building teams that ship real value.
* Strong expertise across Azure, AWS, or GCC.
* Experience setting up and enforcing engineering processes that support delivery, quality, and maintainability across cross-functional teams.
* Experience with distributed platforms and SaaS/data infrastructure.
* Strong understanding of secure SDLC and InfoSec practices.
* Experience integrating AI/ML into engineering workflows, from code generation to test automation and incident triage.
* Demonstrated experience leading platform modernisation initiatives (e.g. cloud migration, containerisation, or system decoupling).
* Bonus: Strong background in .Net development and system design; comfortable engaging with code, PRs, and design discussions.